The search committee for the new athletic director was looking for input from the campus when it scheduled an open meeting this week.
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Students from universities around the globe are converging in Seattle this week to compete in the 黑料吃瓜网 Business School’s sixth annual Global Business Challenge.
Two for one is usually a good deal, and on Friday, April 23, the University community will have the opportunity to attend two events at the same time.
黑料吃瓜网 Bothell Professor Dan Jacoby has been appointed to the Harry Bridges Endowed Chair in Labor Studies for two years, beginning in September.
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The 黑料吃瓜网 Board of Regents today (April 13) approved an employment contract with Dr. Mark Emmert, Louisiana State University chancellor who will become the president of the 黑料吃瓜网, effective June 14, 2004.
Kayla Burt, former 黑料吃瓜网 women鈥檚 Husky basketball player, will speak at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 24, at the 黑料吃瓜网 Health Sciences Open House. Burt will talk about her sudden cardiac arrest on New Year鈥檚 Eve 2002, when her friends and Medic One saved her life.
Despite federal government policies encouraging home ownership among minority and low-income families, more than half of them left their houses and returned to renting within five years, according to a new study by a 黑料吃瓜网 researcher.
The economic slowdown that began in 2000 has had very little effect on startup companies with close ties to research at the 黑料吃瓜网, according to a recent study.
More than 20 individuals and units are being honored this year as part of the annual University-wide awards program.
Many American parents know all too well that they are chronically short of time, or money, or both.
Two 黑料吃瓜网 physicists, responding to a new National Science Foundation plan, are preparing a proposal to place a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory beneath the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington.
The 黑料吃瓜网 again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
The Staff Employment Building at 1320 NE Campus Parkway is being renamed the Staff Human Resources Center.
The Work/Life Resource Center now has information about summer programs for school children of all ages.
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MASSIVE MUSIC: Some time ago, University Week featured a story about a 黑料吃瓜网 biostatistician who founded Science Groove, a band of 黑料吃瓜网 employees and friends specializing in educational science songs.
Throughout the Health Sciences Center, faculty, staff and students are making preparations for the Health Sciences Open House, set for Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24.
The next program in the series 鈥淭hings Your Mother Never Taught You,鈥� sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Office of Industry Relations, will be at noon, Wednesday, April 14, in Turner Auditorium, room D-209 in the Health Sciences Building.
The Department of Microbiology will present the first Neal Groman Memorial Seminar at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, in room K-069 of the Health Sciences Building.
The speaker is Dr. R. John Collier, Maude and Lillian Presley professor in Harvard Medical School鈥檚 Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. His topic is 鈥淎nthrax Toxin: Structure, Activity and New Inhibitors.鈥�
In addition to his research on the anthrax toxin, Collier is a major force in the scientific community鈥檚 efforts to combat threats of bioterrorism. He has been a member of several national and international advisory groups, including the Centers for Disease Control鈥檚 Panel on Countering Bioterrorism and the National Academy Committee on Research Standards and Practices to Prevent the Destructive Application of Biotechnology.
Dr. Neal Groman joined the 黑料吃瓜网 Department of Microbiology in 1950 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He taught and conducted research, focusing on diphtheria pathogenesis, at the medical school for nearly 40 years. He died in 2001.
鈥淐linical Research: Challenges and Controversies鈥� is the title for the annual one-day conference sponsored by the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Medicine in cooperation with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Children鈥檚 Hospital & Regional Medical Center.
Stakeholder Forum
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), one of the National Institutes of Health, is holding a meeting in Seattle to solicit input for its future plans in alternative medicine research and other areas.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Commencement participation sought
An open invitation to chairs, directors and faculty (Seattle Campus only):
You are invited to participate in the Academic Procession at the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 129th Commencement Ceremony, Saturday, June 12, in Husky Stadium.
What are you afraid of?
That鈥檚 the question the graduating class of the Professional Actor Training Program is asking in its new production, Panaphobia, which opens next week.
The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra鈥檚 April 17 concert at Meany Hall, a centennial birthday celebration of Count Basie, is a homecoming of sorts for the orchestra, which has strong roots on campus.
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Editor鈥檚 note: This is one of a series of columns by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
For the 11th consecutive year, the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Medicine has been ranked as the nation鈥檚 top primary-care medical school in U.
Within every living cell, whether it鈥檚 a single-cell life form or part of a large animal, there鈥檚 a world of activity in process.
Flushing your pet tropical fish to set it free is a bad idea.
Students from universities around the globe will converge in Seattle April 12-17 to compete in the 黑料吃瓜网 Business School’s sixth annual Global Business Challenge.
More than 65 exhibitors will demonstrate the latest in research and technology in health sciences and medicine at the 黑料吃瓜网 Health Sciences Open House from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 23, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 24.
New eligibility verification policies for the Washington State Medicaid program have resulted in 20,615 people 鈥� primarily children 鈥� losing coverage from April through December 2003.
A pair of researchers believes that American families with children would be stunned if they knew what kind of social policies and support 10 Western European nations and Canada offer their working families.
For the 11th consecutive year, the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Medicine has been ranked as the nation鈥檚 top primary-care medical school in U.S.News & World Report鈥檚 annual survey of graduate and professional schools.
Two 黑料吃瓜网 physicists, responding to a new National Science Foundation plan, are preparing a proposal to place a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory beneath the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington.
Negotiations are set to begin in early April for the first-ever collectively-bargained contract for University TAs, RAs, readers, tutors and graders.
The recently concluded legislative session saw some progress on issues of importance to the 黑料吃瓜网, and a lot of discussion about the future of higher education in the state.
Higher education is not the hindrance to marriage and motherhood it once was, new research shows.
A three-member team of 黑料吃瓜网 students 鈥� all local residents and all products of public education 鈥� have taken top honors in an international mathematics competition, beating teams from such math powerhouses as MIT, Yale and the University of California, Berkeley.